I completely forgot to mention the Ashippun Firemen’s Picnic
that Travalon and I went to on Sunday afternoon. Ashippun is a very small town
with a baseball team called the Mudcats who play on the worst field in the
league – we parked on it, so that gives you some idea. The Mudcats were selling
corn on the cob, and it was the best I have ever tasted. There were also
burgers and ice cream sundaes for sale to benefit the volunteer fire crew. (They
are looking for volunteers, by the way, in case you had ever wanted to be a
volunteer fire fighter.) The firefighters were having a barrel fight, where two
teams try to move a barrel on a rope with the stream from their fire hose. They
are each trying to move it in the opposite direction, so the two streams smash
into each other and spray water everywhere. It was great entertainment on a hot
summer day! As we were leaving, Travalon held up the rope dividing the Mudcats’
field into parking areas; he said, “True gentlemen hold doors and ropes for
ladies.” Looks like I found a true gentleman!
Famous Hat
2 comments:
That picnic certainly draws a lot of people for such a very small " blink-and-you-miss-it town. We were there on the less crowded day.Saturday night with the pro wrestling exhibition and country band at the beer tent was packed. This is a rural small town summer tradition at its' best. It has always been my nature to be a gentleman( there's a few of us left, an endangered species these days maybe) along with the fact that the special lady in my life Famous Hat deserves to be treated well.
Aww! You're so sweet!
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